Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Original poster

To delete all my social media accounts?

16 replies

EducatingRita29 · 15/05/2020 20:39

Every time I check social media I feel low from comparing my life to others. I'm starting to wonder if I would be better off deleting it entirely. Has anyone else done this?

OP posts:
gamerchick · 15/05/2020 20:41

You can if you want.

But SM isn't real. There's absolutely no point in comparing your RL to someone else's handpicked for VL.

None. SM isn't real.

Lailaloo747 · 15/05/2020 20:47

I got rid of Facebook ages ago and I’m much happier without it. I just have Instagram now with just family and a few friends on it so I can share pics with them.
Facebook just got too much....I had people on there that i wouldn’t even stop in the street to talk too....and they were leaving me emotional birthday messages etc Confused

Elieza · 15/05/2020 20:49

I don’t have any. Hasn’t killed me yet! Why don’t you just post something about having some time out for a few weeks and then don’t go back in. See how the temp time out goes.

WeveGottaGetTherouxThis · 15/05/2020 20:51

I deleted Facebook over a year ago and it’s been so good for my mental health. I still have Instagram as I love fashion, interiors and gardening, but I don’t post anything myself. Give it a trial for a few weeks and see if you feel better? I’d only intended to give up FB for a month, but when that time had passed, I realised how much happier I was without it & so kept it up.

Redskylark · 15/05/2020 20:53

I got rid of facebook, i was sick of all the fakeness, everyone becoming covid experts and annoying "post a selfie" stuff. I'm so glad I got rid, I feel much better. I have instgram but only have 20 odd followers, best friends and family only. I sometimes feel bad when people try to follow me and I reject them but in reality I dont want lots of people following me who don't give a shit.

The 20 people who follow me actually engage with me and like all my posts, I'm not desperate for likes but I want to engage with people properly so if i feel someone isn't interested i block them and i only follow people I really care about.

Moooms · 15/05/2020 20:55

Yes I did. Deleted the lot. Years ago now.

I realised how much anxiety it was giving me, and I have been much happier without it, haven't missed it.

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 15/05/2020 20:57

Change your mindset. Make your own goals and compare yourself to them rather than other peoples goals.

Utterlydespairing · 15/05/2020 20:58

Better delete Mumsnet then

Mmmmycorona · 15/05/2020 20:58

I deleted mine probably around 8/9 months ago. Felt so much better for it.
I do like home stuff and garden stuff though so set myself up a new account on insta but purely to follow accounts I’m interested in.

zippyswife · 15/05/2020 21:01

I deleted mine 5 years ago. Have not looked back I’m so much happier and secure and more me. I realised I’d got in the habit of comparing my life to others and it was making me feel inferior. When I ditched social media I stopped comparing almost straight away and have been so much more content with my lot. Just do it.

Chicchicchicchiclana · 15/05/2020 21:03

Yanbu. You don't need to check with other people first. That illustrates your problem precisely!

Mucklowe · 15/05/2020 21:26

People always pipe up with "Mumsnet is social media". It's not. It's a forum. They've been around much longer than social media.

janj2301 · 15/05/2020 21:45

Technically I have loads of SM accounts but i only use them to enter comps, so i never read posts about other people's wonderful lives, just get sent hundreds of comps to enter. Been very busy during the lockdown

Changeyname40 · 15/05/2020 22:42

Go to settings and stop following people you never see irl and most of your friends.

Do follow interests, news, hobby groups.

Make sure your profile is private and amend your name so you are not identifiable irl.

Et voila. A much more enjoyable experience on facebook imho.

When you want to look at a friends photos, you still can but its not in your face.

Sparklingbrook · 15/05/2020 22:45

You don't seem very happy with the internet at the moment OP.
You need to do what's going to make you feel better.

artyandtarty · 15/05/2020 23:08

OP just deactivate it for a while. Don't participate in something that makes you unhappy! Facebook is so full of braggers & people over sharing personal information, not to mention the attention seekers.

This is typical Facebook over sharing in my eyes Hmm.... suggested by a previous poster ...

Why don’t you just post something about having some time out for a few weeks and then don’t go back in.

Why should OP announce to the Facebook world that she's having some time out?! So all the gossipy nosey other FB ' so called friends' can all speculate OP is having a hard time over something & that's why she's disappeared? Why do you owe FB an explanation? Just disappear for a while! .... typical Facebook shite that you are expected/ encouraged to publicly announce your reasonings. Too much over sharing IMO.

I deleted the crap years ago, I don't miss it one bit, full of too many fakes & bullshit.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page